Kitchen Renovation Reveal

Well, the big day is finally here! I’m so excited to share our Kitchen Renovation, from Home Depot, with you guys! Woohoo!! You may recall from this post, that I selected the Martha Stewart Cabinets. The style that I picked out was Ox Hill and the color was Picket Fence, which is really a fancy name for White! I went with the Full Cabinet Replacement option, which was generously provided by Home Depot! I now have my dream kitchen and what a huge difference it makes! The cabinets are gorgeous and very well made!! I opted for 3 glass door cabinets, to break things up a bit. I haven’t really decided what I’m going to put in them yet, for now they hold my Grandmother’s antique glassware. I went back and forth between the frosted glass or the clear, in the end I’m glad I went with the clear, but it’s nice to have options to choose from. We had a desk before, and I do use it, so I had another one put in. The Granite around the perimeter of the kitchen is Absolute Black Granite, also purchased from Home Depot. It’s really lovely, so nice to have the real thing after all those years of faking it with the black formica that used to be in here. The cabinets are soft close, which means no noise when they shut! Love that!! We have some “slammers” in our house, they slam cabinets, Front doors and toilet seats. They can no longer slam things in the kitchen! Or at least not cabinets anyway. Ha! The old sink wasn’t going to work with the new kitchen, which I was secretly thrilled about, because it meant I could finally get the Farmhouse sink that I’ve always dreamed of having! I adore it! Love the new faucet too! The new wooden hood is not only beautiful, but it’s functional too! During the reno, we learned that our old cheapy hood didn’t actually vent to the outside. It was really just a fan, that blew a little air on top of the stove. Ugh! The contractors that Home Depot sent out, were able to find a solution for us, and they ran a vent up inside of the sofit and out of the house. You would never know it was there and now it works so much better. I love that they were able to figure out the perfect solution for us. You may notice that we have new tile too. Still white… but we traded out the square tiles that we had, with Subway Tile. I think the Island may be my most favorite part of the whole kitchen! I am so in love with this island!! It’s paneled all across the back and sides. I had them add 2 of the gorgeous Martha Stewart Corbels, one on either end. I saved a little money, by not having a third put in the center, they installed metal supports in the center instead to hold the weight of the Countertop. You can’t see the supports unless you are under the counter. On top of the island is the Silestone that I picked out called Lyra. It looks very similar to Carrera Marble, without all the headaches that you get with real marble. I did a lot of research on it, and real marble is apparently a huge pain to live with in the kitchen. With the Lyra Silestone we got a similar look, that’s very easy to care for. The baseboard trim on the island is gorgeous too! Here’s a tip … this island came with toe kicks, but I wanted it to look more like a piece of furniture, than kitchen cabinetry. Did you know you can have your contractor build out the island, so that you no longer have toe kicks? If you talk to your kitchen designer about it, they can add that to your plan. I’m so thrilled with how it turned out! Here’s the front, so pretty right?!! Here’s another tip… the cabinet on the lower left side is actually a pull out trash drawer, which is why it has a cup handle. The cabinet on the lower far right side, is a regular cabinet door, that would normally get a knob. For symmetry sake, I had them put a cup handle on that door as well. All of the hardware is also from the Martha Stewart collection at Home Depot. Here’s a close up of the crown molding, I love how it echos the crown molding at the top of the ceiling! And a close up of the baseboard molding. The baseboard is on all of the cabinets and adds so much detail. It’s really lovely! You may recall, in my last post, that I was super excited about the pull out trash drawer that also has a bin for recycling! It’s really handy! Here’s another tip. When you meet with your kitchen designer, ask them if they have any special offers running. We were able to get 4 free pull outs, for inside of our drawers. It’s really nice to slide them out and see everything you have in there. Even if my pots and pans do look a little sad and worn! I opted for the kitchen utensil drawer and I didn’t even realize that it was 2 drawers in one, so handy! Here are the photos of the old kitchen. And another one. You can see more photos HERE. I forgot to mention the wood floors, I love them too! They are Bruce Hardwood in Saddle and they match the other hardwood in our home perfectly. We are so thrilled with how everything turned out and everyone that we worked with at Home Depot was fabulous. All of the guys were courteous and professional, they arrived on time every day and worked hard all day long. I actually had to make the floor guys take a break for lunch!! I would for sure hire them again, to do more work in our home. I consider myself a somewhat handy person, I love painting rooms and furniture, I can use a power drill and a sander, but there are some projects that I’m just not able to tackle on my own. It’s nice to know that at Home Depot I can do as little or as much as I’m able too. I can buy the supplies there and do some things myself or I can opt to have them do the work for me! As far as the time line goes, it all went much more quickly then I thought it would! It takes about 4-6 weeks to get the cabinets in, after ordering them. And then it took about 4 weeks, to have all of the work done. Here’s what we had done, in order of when it was done: 1) The old cabinets came out (1 day) 2)The hardwood floor went in (2 days) 3)The cabinets went in ( about 3 days maybe?) 4)Countertops were measured (the cabinets have to be in first)(1 day) 5)Doors, trim, hardware etc. went in (not sure how long, a couple of days, other things were being installed at the same time) 6)Counters were installed (it only took 1 day to install them, but it takes 7-10 days for them to come in after templating) 7)Sink was installed (1 day) 8)Backsplash was tiled and grouted (2 days) Total time for all of that, was about 4 weeks! I’m sure that time can vary somewhat, by how many other jobs they have going at the same time, the size of your kitchen, and what all you are having done. Still I thought it was pretty amazing. One of my girlfriends had her kitchen done last year by a custom kitchen company, and they took 6 months. Yikes! Can you imagine?! If you’re thinking about updating your kitchen, Home Depot has 3 ways to help you out! The services that they offer include Replace, Reface and Renew. With the Replace service, they remove your old cabinets and replace them with gorgeous new ones (like mine!). The Reface option, works with the bones of your old cabinets and refaces them with new doors, trim, veneer etc. And the Renew option takes your existing cabinets and refinishes the wood.

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And if you would like to see an actual Kitchen Refacing from start to finish, check out Chelsea’s blog at Two Twenty One!

Now for the Giveaway!

If you won this giveaway what would you purchase at Home Depot?Let me know in the comments section below for your chance to win a $1,000 Home Depot gift card!

P.S. A huge thanks to everyone at the Home Depot in Frederick, MD on Urbana Pike, who helped with my kitchen renovation. You guys are awesome!!

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Comments

Thank you for the step-by-step description of the renovation timeline. It will help me to plan my kitchen remodel in a more realistic timeframe.

If I won the Home Depot gift certificate I would use it refurbish my kitchen, which would make your “Before pictures” look like a castle! Thanks for helping me to visualize what it will take to make a big difference in my kitchen.

Seeing your fabulous redo makes me yearn for some new cabinets as well as a backsplash and new hood, but I so want a farm house sink and that’s where I would use that gift/give away from Home Depot! Congrats! Dannah

Wow, that is one fabulous makeover! I’ve been wanting to have a neutral grey and white kitchen but couldn’t choose which tone of grey to use, so you’ve inspired me to roll up my sleeves and play! Love the crown moulding, it looks spectacular!

If I got a Home Depot certificate, I’d fly not drive to the nearest Home Depot and nab a new fridge to replace the 1984 version that I painted white to cheer it up a little. She’s been a trooper, but her innards are tired and frayed around the edges and she deserves a rest.

Thank you so much for sharing all your great photos, and thanks Home Depot for your generosity!

Congratulations on your beautiful new kitchen.
I love the black & white and the beautiful wood floors.
So clean and sophisticated .
If I won I would replace my refrigerator from the 70’s.
It is an electricity hog but still works.
I love your blog and the wonderful graphics.

Karen…..beautiful! My kitchen footprint is the same as yours, except I have a microwave over the stove.. I think I would do it just like yours except cabinets, have that…. Love it. I have never won anything so this one would be my favorite! I would do counters and back splash. I think even if I don’t win, (odds are against me!) I think we will do the counters, and I am go for the back splash myself! Please consider me! Thank you. Sue m.

If I were to win the One-Thousand Dollar Home Depot Prize, I would have a new subway tile backsplash installed. Our existing tile is a “not very good DIY” and it shows. If there were any dollars left, I would love to have pull out shelves for pots and pans installed in a portion of my existing circa 1986 base cabinets. Home Depot made your kitchen beautiful. I’d be happy for my kitchen to be more convenient and just a tad more current Love your blog.

Love the island and all the storage. Your kitchen is modern, yet very classic with a vintage flair. Love it!! Good job!
I would purchase new counter tops for my kitchen, when we had the house built I put laminate down to keep the costs in check, I wish I would have went with soap stone

I would give it all to my husband who does amazing work to improve the house & garden.He works alone & could certainly use materials from Home Depot to get on with the basement.
We find H.D. to be the best & brightest of home & renovation stores. Always get good help & advice there.

If I had $1000 at Home Depot, I would love to replace the 1980s cabinets in my home, which have been re-stained, re-painted and re-nailed together so many times I’ve lost count. The kitchen has come a long way since moving in but as with everything else, our money seems to always go toward those items that fit into an emergency status first.
Love the kitchen! The crown and molding is definitely the icing on the cake!

Wow! Your kitchen looks amazing – thanks for sharing! I will keep those tips in mind too – very helpful.

If I were to win the giveaway, I’d probably invest in a generator. I know, it’s not attractive… But here in New England we can get winter storms that knock the power out for many days. We could really use a generator for keeping things running, just in case.

Anyway, thanks so much for your wonderful free graphics! I really appreciate the Graphics Fairy 🙂

The kitchen renovation was an absolute success!!! I think if I was to win the Home Depot card I would invest it in raised veggie garden beds so I could freeze the produce for winter food and to give away to those who might be in need.

I need new flooring in my kitchen. I’d also like to get my cabinets refaced (does Home Depot do that?). Also need those pullouts!! The older I get, the harder it is to get to what’s in the back bottom shelf!!!

I would donate the make over to my church which is quite obsolete & we do not have the funds to renavate. We are a small graying congregate with a huge community impact. We accomplish a large number of outreach projects with small numbers of partisapents. With a remodeled kitchen we could more effieciely manage the senior citizen program serving 70 to 80 people a meal along with a program.
Love this site & all your ideas, keep inspiring others!

Your kitchen reno is gorgeous! I’d love to replace my kitchen cupboards and countertop. I have a vintage formica countertop–white with gold specks—that’s seen its better years. $1,000 would really help toward the reno budget! Thanks.

I would use this for all the Steampunk supplies I could fit in my shopping cart! plus paint. And glue – why can I never find the glue when I need it? And clamps. And holiday stuff. And bookcases. And storage. What the heck – everything!

I would purchase a new lawn tractor. You probably are thinking ugh? If I had this kitchen I would only want to sit and admire it and say thanks a million Home Depot where I purchased all of my hard wood flooring for my entire house. I would have time to spend outside because this kitchen would make every thing easy to use and clean.

Hi,
Your kitchen looks amazing! I love the color choices and the versatility it offers. Very timeless and classy. If I had a 1000 to spend at Home Depot
I would first replace my stove it has a huge crack all the way across the top and I can only use the back two burners. I would then cut my wall in half to open it up to the living room, so my family of 5 could all interact at the same time without feeling cut off. I love having family gatherings but its difficult when the room is closed off.

Wow – I would love to have new counter tops on top of New Cabinets…mine have only had doors on a couple ever since my Dad built them for me, we just never got around to finishing them…walls are crooked so they would have to be fitted in just so… The Counter tops we got on sale way back in 1988 I think and the color is wearing off and they are Scratched and stained… so I would put the money toward Counters and cupboards…

Love love love the cabinets and the placement of the coffee bean pillow. I bet it is hard to get you out of this gorgeous room! If I won, I think I would have to copy your cabinets. My new home has 1977ish cabinets and is in need of some love.

I would buy a new kitchen floor. When we totally renovated our 1890 farmhouse, I chose a commercial grade linoleum that looked older (I had SUCH a hard time finding anything that wasn’t stone-look!). When it was installed, they put a seam right down the middle of the room! Also, they color is not what I expected. LOVE your wood floors!

I love the black and white contrast and tiling. The island is gorgeous – I might be a tad jealous :). With $1000, I’d pick up the crown molding and baseboards, and some black chalk paint to cover the back wall of my kitchen. Unless, of course, the refrigerator makes good on it’s threat to quit beforehand……

We are fortunate enough to have a good family friend who is a kitchen designer for Home Depot, and she does really beautiful work. Our current kitchen was built out of the back porch of our 1913 home; $1000 and our friend’s expertise in design would go a long, long way to making what is currently a badly-designed and barely usable space (we call it the “one butt kitchen” because it’s so narrow) into something that would be more beautiful and more useful for our family.

Wow !!! I love the way your kitchen turned out. There’s so many projects around the house it’s hard to decide on just one but I think I would have to go with new kitchen cabinets. Over the years I’ve whittled our dream kitchen renovation down to two cabinets on the wall, new countertop, sink and three cabinets below. New flooring and baseboards are badly needed but that’s for another time : D Thanks for the opportunity to enter : D

I have my condo for sale, and the comment that I hear most often is the basement is half done. I need to finish the rest of the basement so it looks connected. I would love to win the Home Depot card and finish the basement off,

A thousand dollars? Home Depot? Porcelain tiles, old world shelving, crown molding, a cohesive range vent, Oh a new range maybe a range top with separate oven, I may have over extended the $1000, what the heck I might as well do it right!!
Graphic Fairy you’re my favorite go to site!!!! Thanks for the inspiration.

I’d love the $1,000 to go towards ridding myself of this mauve kitchen or perhaps tackle the flooring. Both make me shudder. A third option is making a list of the 1001 small projects I have on my project list and have a blast DIYing my way through them. Endless possibilities and what fun daydreaming about it!

I love to shop at Home Depot. I would get an overhand or a screen porch for
the deck area or new kitchen counter top!! And, ofcourse, I would get more
hydrangeas!. Thank you Home Depot for this contest!!

Oh, WITHOUT A DOUBT, I’d put the 1000 dollars towards either all new cabinets or a refacing and molding! We have this on our list. But it seems so daunting! We r DIYers too, but in this category we would leave it to the pros! Don’t you just LOVE Home Depot! I could spend thousands in that store. And I too would hope my sink wouldn’t fit! : D

I’d replace my cabinets. I recently rescued a husky from our local shelter. She’s a real beauty, but she’s still in the puppy chewing stage. In less than a month she’s eaten a couch and pretty much demolished 3 of my cabinets. Thankfully, she seems to be tapering off so I would love to replace these so I could have friends over again without being so ashamed and embarrassed.

we moved into a fairly new home, but there are a lot of unfinished bits and pieces that we had to take care of. MOST were reasonably priced and easy to do. HOWEVER, there is a vent missing for over our stove that is center located, so it is not a range hood, but we need a fancy come down from the ceiling, over the stove vent and they are too pricey for us right now! I dream of filling the hole with a gorgeous glass and stainless steel vent!
🙂
thanks!

Since I rent, I can’t replace the kitchen, but I could invest in storage improvements that could move with me. Shelving, wardrobes, closet system, etc. I’d also like to invest in more tools for my DIY efforts. A table saw? Ooooh, a drill press! Shiny!

By the way, your kitchen is MAGNIFICENT! Really beautiful. I hope you enjoy it for many years to come!

I would redo our kitchen. When we bought our home, the previous owners had been arrested for dealing drugs. The bank took the house back from them, but before they went to jail, they destroyed the home. We have pretty much taken care of every other room but the kitchen and have run out of money. They broke the counter tops, took a knife to the stove top, broke off the custom made cabinet doors, and chipped the tile floor. It would mean so much to us to have the kitchen redone so that we don’t have to always be reminded of what the previous owners did!

This is my favorite site!! I really admirethe creativity of your readers–and–love!! the graphics so much. Keep up the good work!

Your kitchen redo is fabulous and good space utilization–like the white, too. However,if I won a Home Depot giveaway–I would replace our nasty ole bathtub and surround. It is really ucky!! My Home Depot account is always busy–they are right down the road-so, I am a frequent customer–the sales people are always helpfull. I am often in the paint dept.– and–they are very knowledgeable!
We have 3 wonderfull rescue dogs-and-2 have been sickly–so-the tub gets a lot of use!!

I would absolutely, without a doubt, put the money towards the counter-top for my kitchen. It is made up of 3 inch porcelain tiles! YUK!!! They crack, the grout is beyond annoying after 14 years, and they have a wood frame around them – with a higher lip. Yup – everything gets caught in the lip. HELP!

I”m working on giving our sad little kitchen a facelift. I would put it towards flooring of even towards counters would be sooooo exciting!! We have blue industrial carpet in the kitchen and have been living with it for 6 1/2 years! We’ve saved up for it to be replaced over and over again but always, life gets in the way. This would be such a blessing! Thank you for the opportunity to win. Your kitchen is lovely and I am sure you are so excited about it. Let me guess, are you making excuses to go into the kitchen now just so you can admire it? I thought so. 🙂

Our kitchen Reno started when we purchased our dishwasher from Home Depot. Then my husband broke his foot.and lost his job. A gift card to Home Depot would help us through the rest of the renovation. Yours looks great. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

If I won that $1000., I would have to use it for more counter space, but on wheels. I live in a small one bedroom apartment. It was recently redone by the management, before I moved in. There are NO drawers in the kitchen! I need a counterspace full of drawers! I would have to put an eating surface in there somewhere I suppose, but not necessarily. I need some drawers!

I would buy cabinets and a drum style shade light for above the dining table. We are down only 2 out of 5 working bulbs on our current light (not because the bulbs are burnt out – there is some other issue). Maybe carpet for the basement too. LOVE the site!!!!

Kitchen flooring, sink and countertop. Need new cupboards (custom. Old small kitchen.) But they would require much more. Which is why our kitchen has not been redone yet in our old house, and most of the other rooms have. Thanks for the chance to win.

If I won the Home Depot gift card I would shop for a new refrigerator. Mine is 21 years old and a side by side. Would love to have one that has the big shelves in the refrigerator part and the freezer on the bottom.

your remodeled kitchen looks gorgeous! no question about it, i would use these tiles from home depot for a new backsplash: Smart Tiles 9-3/4 in. x 10-1/2 in. White Infinity Mosaic Peel and Stick Decorative Wall Tile. the “backsplash” that is currently in my kitchen looks like someone took a ton of caulk on a spreader and made swirly, raised designs on the wall, and then painted it. it’s HEINOUS. it would be a dream come true to win this and be able to scrape all that junk off and put up this bright, clean backsplash! which would also make me repaint the rest of the kitchen to match. 🙂

Love your kitchen redo, though have to admit your “before” beats our current kitchen any day! If I won the Home Depot giveaway, we would finish the family room in the basement. Our son is 14 and w/ friends over, they don’t “fit” in his room like they.use to. I would rather they hang out at our house where I can keep an eye on them, even if they are annoying….

If I won, I’d get a few things done around the house that are on the “just before or after we move” list – hopefully a new dining set (my chair is actually a folding chair and the table is something we could easily replace), but maybe something from the fix-it list like my son’s doorjamb.

I would start on my kitchen!! It is still 70’s style even with the avacado colored oven !!! It came with an avacado icebox to, but I had to replace that !! We all know the style dark stain cabinets, flowerly pulles……. I think I would even remove the wall from my diining room and turn it all into a big kitchen/dinning area !

We bought and moved into a 1960’s home less than a year ago that desperately needs a new master bathroom. After putting in new flooring throughout the whole house, totally repainting inside and out and a new roof we have had to put the master bath on hold until we can afford it. So the gift card to Home Depot would help with that remodel we plan for next spring.

Your new kitchen is beautiful! i love the granite. i would buy new cupboards and install a grand new island like yours. We have a big kitchen but poorly designed, i would love to utilize the space more efficiently. thanks for sharing Karen!

we desperately need to sell our house to get above water…but it has lots of repairs to be done. Our deck off of our bedroom has rotted from rain, so I would use it toward new decking materials. It’ll cost more, but at least it would make it more doable.

I love your new kitchen. Home Depot is awesome for doing that for you!!! I would love to have new countertops and flooring! Mine is builder grade and is looking so sad after 7 years. Thanks for sharing your make over.

I would absolutely, no doubts about it, redo our kitchen as much as it would allow! This is a 3 century old house, previous owners have all added on here, there, every where, but without continuity being taken into account…oy. The kitchen is the heart of the home, so it would get the love!

If I won the giveaway I would have the floors in my kitchen redone and have a tile “backspash” like yours put in. It’s amazing how tired looking a house which was once brand new can look after 25 years…lol. Your new kitchen is stunning, and now that it’s done I know you love it, but I’ll bet living through that renovation was no fun at all.

Love your remodel! I would put walls in my kitchen! I just finished tearing out the lath and plaster in the room we are turning into a kitchen, put in insulation, and am now wiring. Did I mention I am doing it myself? Every spare minute goes into getting a working kitchen.

I would definitely put it towards remodeling our kitchen. The house I live in is the same one my husband lived in with his ex-wife. I really want to make this house my own. Your kitchen is exactly the way I want to redo my kitchen with the exception of the backsplash. I love it!

This is absolutely amazing! I love all of the hidden compartments to help keep one organized (I so need that : ) It looks fabulous all the way around…LOVE IT!!!! Will last a life time for sure! : ) What is so special is you can dress it any way you want…that is the bonus of a white kitchen…I am so happy for you!

If I won a gift card from Home Depot…it would be used for a new toilet and a new floor in the kitchen : ) hugs…

I would have my daughter’s kitchen redone. She and her husband bought a 35 year old house a few years ago and the kitchen is so outdated and dysfunctional that it hampers their efforts for smooth meal preparation. They need more cupboards, a fridge that does not stick out into the middle of the room (prep area), a sink that is not scratched up and loose, a dishwasher that actually cleans well and a range hood that sounds like an airplane engine about to take off. The previous owners burned the off white counters, cut on them, leaving deep marks and at some point someone who smoked left a cigarette on the counters edge and it burned into the counter. It looks so sad and worn in there. She never complains about it, is thankful for her home and family. They would love a new kitchen but it is not in their budget for the foreseeable future. That is what I would spend the Home Depot prize on should I win!

We just remodeled our kitchen and spent a wad at Home Depot! Now we’re going to tackle our two bathrooms which are in desperate need of a redo after raising 9 children! A little extra help would be so appreciated!

Hi Karen!!
What fabulous results!! My gosh is it ever gorgeous! I love all the tips you shared as well. We have dreamed of doing a kitchen reno for years. We have decided that we will re-do the cabinets ourselves to save $$$. We already added a new sink a couple years ago. If we were to win the give-away, we would spend it on tile and flooring. Our kitchen is very small and would be a dream to get it done.
Thanks for the opportunity!!
Beth

My kitchen was new in ’92 but now is sad and old. The microwave, dishwasher, and oven broiler don’t work any longer; the floor is contractor grade linoleum that is faded and chipped. A new kitchen would improve my outlook every day!

Your kitchen is so elegant! I want that! If I won, I would spend the money on the house we just bought, built in 1929! So you know there are lots of projects ahead for us! And the kitchen is one of them!

Karen! It is beautiful!!!!!! I love all the details.
I am currently planning a mini-redo of our kitchen…painting, NOW adding molding, and new lighting. That is what I would use the gift card for…new lighting.
– Susan

Our countertops are a hideous blotchy plum granite tile, some of which have raised with moisture seeping through the grout. Total yuck! Difficult to clean and no escaping or disguising the color. I would, for sure, replace these with solid Silestone countertops. Ahhh, it would be heavenly.

Your remodel is fantastic and I really appreciated the timeline as well. We would definitely have our kitchen redone. First, the previous owners installed the countertop tile themselves – incorrectly! Grout is falling out everywhere; even after we had another workman try to repair it. In addition, our kitchen sink is in a corner and so it’s very deep and it hurts my back to do dishes. I have a very bad back and at times, I’ve wondered how long I can continue to do dishes. I would love to have the kitchen redesigned so that the sink isn’t in a corner.Then the cabinets themselves need re-facing or replacing. Because I am having to lean over the sink, I’ve spilled water all down the front of the cabinets underneath the sink. Our dishwasher barely works. And, like you, we discovered that the fan over the stove doesn’t vent to the outside; a joke really. We buy from Home Depot all the time and have had great success with their work We are retired and living on Social Security and a pension so we don’t have the money to have this work done. A $1,000 gift certificate with Home Depot would be fantastic!

I love your kitchen! I am in a rental so no kitchen remodel for me however we do have to clear snow! If I won the gift card it would go towards a snowblower. Hubs is getting too old to shovel! Thanks so much for the chance!
Deb

Karen, your kitchen looks fabulous! I love the cabinets and the amazing pullout drawers! I love your color choice! I have oak cabinets; I would love to reface or change them with this gift card. Thanks for hosting this great giveaway!

Wow, your kitchen turned out beautifully! I love how it retains classic shaker lines and yet is contemporary all at the same time. I’ve always love farm sinks too… mine is a cast iron pedestal sink that has seen better days. Since I live with found furniture instead of cabinets, if i won your contest, I would definitely go to Home Depot and invest in the Martha Stewart line of cabinetry. Thank you so much for your inspirational site and blog, and helping all of us to become inspired along with you! Kudos!!

Wow– it is similiar but very different . I would love to put in a new kitchen in my very small home in Michigan. I got to have new vinyl put down 4yrs ago and that was where we had to stop. I keep looking at all the update and reno sites for ideas. I know you are really going to enjoy your new kitchen– congrats!!

Wow, what a gorgeous kitchen by HOME DEPOT, my very favorite store! If I won the prize I would give it to my husband so that he would be able to finish some rooms in our basement, making himself a good place for all his woodworking and , tools and just a nicer space
He recently fell of a five foot ladder and is better now and anxious to get to work, so this would certainly be a lot of fun for him!

First of all…am so envious of your ‘Dream Kitchen’ it’s awesome! There’s so much that needs ‘re~doing’ in my kitchen, but new countertops and a sink like yours would be at the top of my list. Enjoy your wonderful new room.

I would love to be able to give a redo to my daughter for things in her kitchen she would like to change. We were actually at Home Depot when she saw the soft close and the drawers instead of shelves. She now talks about that with her friends. I would really like for her to have a kitchen of her dreams.

What a gorgeous, bright kitchen! I love everything about it. If I won I would use the gift card toward now counter tops. We currently have old, scratched, worn tile on our counters and we know we need to replace them!

I would finish all the things I got started in my kitchen, scraproom, garage and yard. I got a good start but ran out of money and energy before my I lost my mom to cancer. Now trying to pick up where I left off and its hard to dig back in and not the time of year to be making extra cash easily!

I love the wonderful, sleek, clean lines of your new kitchen! I love white, also! If I would win, I definitely would buy the sink!! So love it!! If any was left over, would purchase a good vent fan in my kitchen…oh, I can think of so much more!!

My kitchen was last remodeled early 1960’s – the flooring is probably from before that – it is Asbestos linoleum. I would start with the flooring and work up from there. We try to only buy as we can afford things so remodels have been slow going.

if I were to win the Home Depot Gift card I would spend it on flooring for our (almost) finished basement. Two rooms still need flooring … I would put cork in my Sewing Dungeon and some sort of durable carpet in the den 🙂

I would start a makeover in our master bedroom. It’s the only space in the house that has not received any attention. I love your kitchen!!! It is so warm and inviting. I can tell there will be many lovely gatherings in the future. Who would not want to spend time there?

This past week, I got engaged and my partner and I purchased our very first home. We’re on a tight budget with a fun, outdoorsy summer 2014 wedding to plan and a few renovations required on our new home when we move in Feb. 1. I would put the $1000 toward a new counter-depth fridge to replace the behemoth we have in there now and make our small kitchen space more open and functional. And while I’m at Home Depot, I’d buy a box of mason jars to make lanterns for our DIY wedding.

What a gorgeous kitchen, they did a wonderful job! You have such great decorating style.

If I won I would have to consult our local Home Depot as to what would be the most cost effective way to spent $1000 dollars. Our kitchen really needs a complete overhaul, there’s no doubt. The previous owners built the cabinets by hand himself. Though he was very handy, nothing is made to “standard” sizes.

The possibilities are endless! We are trying to pay off credit card debt, so our downstairs family room is in need of a MAJOR pick-me-up! It has crazy crown moulding that needs to be replaced and it has a wood burning stove that needs to be taken out so badly! (and who knows what we’d find in the bricks surrounding it!) We would love to repaint, and if we had a little extra, we could buy a new desk for my work! 🙂 This would be a dream come true! Thanks for the chance!

I would absolutely re finish my cherrywood cabinets, they go through the kitchen and are double sided in the dining room. I love them but they need sprucing up. Then if there was anything g leftover, I would replace my Formica. My kitchen is tiny, so there would not be a lot to replace

No question about it. I would use it to help my son and his young family have a kitchen they could actually use. Theirs is very old and tired. Oven doesn’t work and there is no food cabinet or pantry. And no flooring is ancient and torn in many places. And the ceiling was paneled and much of it has come down……..I could go on, but you get the idea. They have a new baby on the way! God is so good!

I would put in a new kitchen floor…my kitchen is galley style, so it wouldn’t be too awful expensive, $1,000.00 might be the right amount to do it correctly! Thanks for the chance and I love all the choices you made!!

Beautiful! We are in the process of updating our 100 year old farmhouse and a $1000.00 would certainly be helpful. I could use it in so many places…but would probably utilize it in the older bathroom. Thank you for all of your wonderful graphics.

Love the serene re-do – must make being in the kitchen a true pleasure. I would use the $1,000 to do my cupboards and closets! I love those organizing shelves, drawers, racks and the cubbies to hold everything! It would be great to have a place for everything and keep everything in its place!

Your Kitchen remodel is wonderful. Love the clean classic look!
If I were to win $1000 Home Depot Gift card, would either purchase a new front door & replace the frame or a riding lawn mower. The yard is dyeing back anyway, Front Door it is. Thanks for the giveaway. Love your blog.

Your kitchen is absolutely lovely. You must dance each and every time you enter 🙂
If I win the gift card, I would put it towards creating a lovely new laundry room. Mine is just the unfinished basement at the moment.

What great changes to your kitchen! Isn’t it amazing what subtle touches and great design can improve! It looks wonderful! I choose Lyra Silestone for my kitchen also and I love it, husband spilled some cleaning fluid on it and it didn’t even phase it, what a relief!

I would redo our master bath if I win, I love the products at Home Depot and their very helpful people. Thanks for sharing and the giveaway! Love your website!

Karen your kitchen is awesome! I would have chosen all the same things as you did! Great great makeover! I’d love to win the giveaway… I would buy tools and supplies for my workshop. I’d make it a real workshop instead of just a bunch of tables and paint.

Your new kitchen is beautiful!! I bet you love those roll trays, no more digging in the back of those base cabinets!!

If I won the “Giveaway”, I would buy new countertops for my cabinets. I am about to paint my old oak cabinets in SW Bittersweet Stem. I am going to also use some of your graphics on some of the doors, just haven’t decided what to emphasize yet. I think I may use on the sink base and maybe to the left and right of the window to feature that wall. Oh, if I have it in the budget I will spring for a new Farm Sink, too! I love your white on white!

Just lovely. Your island makes me droll. My kitchen has the almost the same cabinets as your before kitchen and mine are rippled. chipped, and yellowed unevenly. I have hated them for a dozen years. Hope I win and I would apply it towards replacement cabinets

If I won I’d get new floors for my kitchen and laundry room. We are in desperate need of new floors. If any at all was left I’d spend it toward redoing our ugly, ugly, ugly, impractical kitchen that has no cabinet space. I’d also build a walk-in pantry!

Your Kitchen is great!!!…..so refreshing to not see stainless appliances replacing perfectly good white ones. (Omg, I priced ss while looking for my new frig. same thing is $1000. more just for the stainless). Yes they are pretty but not that pretty. My hats off to you!……
If I were to get the giveaway I would love to have that Bruce flooring. When we moved from a home with Hardwood to a house with wall to wall carpet, I started having breathing problems, -asthma, upper resp. infections, pneumonia.- Carpet and mold under it, the culprit so we have been replacing as we can afford. That would indeed help the cause. Again Beautiful kitchen, hope you have many good times there.

If I won, I would build a kitchen island and re-face my cabinets. We live in a house from the early eighties, and while the structure of the cabinets works, the doors are dated and cheap. We’d love to move someday and updating our kitchen would be a great blessing to us while we live here and when it comes to resale.

I love your new kitchen! My favorite is the island countertop – it’s gorgeous!
If I won the Home Depot gift, I would renovate my son’s small condo in downtown Atlanta. It was built in the early 70’s so is in bad shape!
Thank you!

Oh wow, I need a new kitchen sink, bathroom sink and oh yes a tub for the bathroom, tile for the kitchen back-splash and new counter-tops. I also need flooring in the basement and stairs , oh so funny.

Your kitchen looks gorgeous! I especially love the Martha Stewart cabinets 🙂 I would love to win the gift card so we could replace the carpeting in our master bedroom with Bruce hardwood flooring in natural. Thanks for the giveaway.

I would buy stainless steel appliances to replace my current odd-matched ones. I am so tired of having a 35 yr old beige refrigerator, a black microwave, an ancient black dishwasher that doesn’t work, and a 20 yr old white stove. Would love to have everything match.

If I won, I would clone your kitchen for myself! Love all the functional, yet lovely details that you researched and then implemented. Thank you for sharing all the tidbits and for the opportunity to dream ….

How pretty! That will be wonderful to cook in. I use it for supplies and tiles for my kitchen, and wood for shelves in my craft room, and a new toilet and sink, laminate flooring my craft room! This is exciting!

Oh my gosh, your kitchen is just so beautiful!!! I am hoping so badly that we will be able to redo our kitchen in 2014. I’m keeping the cabinets we have because they are in great shape, but I am going to paint them and add new hardware. I want recycled glass countertops and I haven’t decided if I am going with wood or tile for the floor.

Gosh, if I won this giveaway I think I would buy my new cooktop. We have electric and I so want to change to gas. I have already picked out the one I want and guess where it is?? Home Depot!!!

If I had a thousand dollar gift at H.D., I guess I would have to replace my torn vinyl bathroom flooring, but I would rather have that Silestone Lyra counter instead. 🙂 I love Silestone–beautiful patterns, smooth surfaces, easy to clean, and it doesn’t need to be sealed! Karen’s island counter is stunning! What an elegant kitchen.

What a lovely job. Your kitchen looks restful and inviting but more important, efficient and functional. If I were to win the Home Depot gift card I’d spend the money on new counter tops for my 91 year old mother’s kitchen. And …. if I was a betting person, I’d bet she’d choose the Silestone you chose for your island.

this would be a great thing, I redid my kitchen about a year and a half ago, but to my surprise, the cheapest material was used, and when the doors fell off, we found out you cant even fix them, because the material wont hold anything. I am beyond exasperated, I am totally heartbroken to even walk in that room., every thing needs replacing. thanks for the vent, but I sure hope I win.

Love your reno!! Do you mind me asking what color paint was used in the kitchen? I love, love, love it!
If I won the sweepstakes, I would redo my guest bathroom. It is sooooo dated. I hate people to have to use it!!
Also, Many thanks for all the cool graphics! I love them and use them all the time!

Your new kitchen is absolutely lovely. I, too, love that island — it looks cozy and welcoming. I’ve been trying to think of what I would do with the gift certificate and I am overwhelmed with possibilities. However, given the opportunity, I don’t think I would have a problem picking out a new washing machine, refrigerator, flooring ….

I LOVE your Kitchen. I have a very similar layout and will use your design as a template if we ever get to remodel ours.
After moving into our dream house 2 years ago we have slowly been renovating it. It was in bad shape and just about everything needed to be repaired or replaced. The $1,000 would just about cover our entire punch list.
My husband and I have a running “WISH” list at Home Depot, Here goes:
Closet doors for our bedroom and our daughters, new front door, tile for bathroom floor, hood vent for stove and lastly supplies for my husband to finish texturing our ceilings after popcorn ceiling removal.

Holy-moly, you made my dream kitchen! Even the floor is EXACTLY what I want. I would LOVE to be able to spend $1,000.00 at Home Depot on a new kitchen, but things being as they are, I’d gladly settle for counter tops and backsplash.

I love your kitchen! We just did ours almost 2 years ago. I did all the designing. I love it. I have that same trash set up and it is nice hiding all the recyclables too!
Now my master bathroom is in desperate need. My house was built in 1923 and the bathroom was done in the 50’s, I think. A $1,000 would really help in going toward the cost of the renovation.

Oh, Karen, your re-do is absolutely gorgeous. Looks like Home Depot really knows how to do a professional job.
If I were to win, I believe I would get new cabinets. They would go with my style and be so perfect. But, again, I would look at all that Home Depot has available and carefully choose. Thank you for the full description and photos of your amazing new kitchen. So inspiring.

Congrats on the new remodel. It’s really lovely and soothing to look at! If I were to win, I’d either buy a really powerful vent fan + ductwork for above the stove (All I have now is a box fan in the window, ugh), or a whole house fan (to cool the entire apartment and save a lot of electricity) + a DeWalt compound miter saw, or a new fridge (mine is 24 years old, yikes).

Thank you for sharing your kitchen renovation. If I won the Home Depot card, I would put it toward new kitchen cabinets! My old ones were not installed correctly. Two cabinets were put at right angles in the corners…which means there is unused dead space between them.

My daughter loves her French class. I would love to redo our children’s bathroom with an antique-looking International Theme. We need a new floor, tub, sink, counter and lights. A $1,000 gift card would certainly help! Love your new kitchen. 🙂

Your renovation is beautiful, I especially like the wood floors. There are so many things in my home that need upgrading, but I would use the winnings for a new stove and/or refrigerator, both are 20 years old. The refrigerator freezes items in the back and the oven on the stove, you can’t get the correct temperature.

Your kitchen is just gorgeous, Karen! Bet you love spending lots of time there, I sure would! Wow, what a generous giveaway! I would have lots of fun putting that to good use. Our bathroom is stuck in the 90’s, so I would dearly love to give it a face lift. Please enter me, thanks!!

If I won I would take my parents to Home Depot and help them pick out new paint and flooring for their staircase. My dad has renovated every room in the house, but the stairwell still has the ugly old carpeting and wallpaper from when they bought the house. I’d love to see it finally updated! Then I’d stock up on paint for myself 🙂

If I was to win, I’d finally get the wallpaper removed from the living room/dining room (which is about 30 years old, although in great condition), it’s something we haven’t gotten to yet in the remodel of this 1930’s house. I’d love to paint the walls and redo the ceiling (tiles) also.

The reveal was gorgeous and inspiring! I am in the process of a kitchen redo and am attempting it with my husband. I think we have THE ugliest cabinets in the universe and that prize would definitely come in handy for a re-vamp! I’d also re-do our ugly countertops with a ‘green’ granite or recycled material!

I would buy lots, and lots of paint. We have lived in this house for 16 years now and we painted when I moved in. So I thinks it’s time to refresh the walls. And also to rip out the carpets and see what’s underneath. New floors would be great too. Your kitchen is lovely. It’s nice when you’re finally finished with a project. Please enter me, thanks!!

Wow! Your new kitchen looks like cooking would be fun. So bright and clean! $1000 from Home Depot would let me replace the rotten steps and porch to my trailer with enough to share with my local cat sanctuary for fencing and repairs. Thanks for all your great graphics and project ideas!

It is absolutely amazing and you should be so proud. You did a fabulous job with all your picks. I love that you didn’t go with marble as a real cook does not need to worry about maintenance issues. I am so in need of a bathroom makeover I have a large tub that is all stained and its fiberglass. It is a cold room with a tub that never gets used cause by the time I fill it up with water that takes for ever to heat I’m over it. I would love to pull this tub and put a smaller one in.
tammy

We would purchase flooring for our kitchen, the vinyl is peeling. We are currently trying to decide if we want to go with laminate, vinyl or wood. I wasn’t sure if I would like the way the wood looks in the kitchen but I love the color you chose and how it looks against the white cabinets.

What a wonderful re-do. We’re seniors in our ten year old little dream house. At it’s age, it needs a few re-dos too. We need to do as much as we can before my husband retires next year, as things won’t be too affordable after that. Our main project is to remove our old carpeting and install plank vinyl floors. This is the biggest and most expensive task on the list. As we do lots of daydreaming in Home Depot’s flooring department, that’s where we would use the giveaway!
Thanks and good luck to all!

Oh my goodness, this is a tough one! There are SO MANY needs in our home… we’ve been here 10 years and everything is needing replaced! I need a new washer & dryer. I’d love to replace my kitchen cabinets for some that go all the way to the ceiling so I have more storage. All our flooring needs replaced throughout the house. Windows need new blinds. Oh, I would for sure get an over-the-range microwave to save some counter space! Fun to dream!!

I love your new kitchen. It is really beautiful. I love the pull outs in the cabinets, the 2 level silverware drawer, the hardwood floors, the kitchen island. It is all beautiful!

If I won $1K, I would spend it on our master bathroom. Our house was built in the mid 80’s and still has wallpaper in the master bath – YIKES! Would love to have all new tile on the floors and walls, remove carpet in front of the sinks and replace that with tile as well.

Love your new kitchen! If I won I would replace the carpet in my rec-room. It has survived three sons, their friends, new daughters-in-law and nine, yes nine grandkids!
$1,000 dollars would do that fabulously!
Good luck everyone.

My home has become a patchwork quilt over the years…little renos here and there, as budget and time allow. My master bedroom always gets the short end of the stick, forever neglected. I’d put the money toward replacing the horrid wood panelling with drywall.

Your kitchen remodel is fantastic. I love it.
As to the Giveaway for Home Depot GC
1 Skil 9.0-AMP Reciprocating Saw with Quick Change
2 Home Decorators Collection Oxford 42 in. W White Hidden Desk, so I can quit using a folding table for my computer and crafts
3 Philips 4000 Series 32 in. Class LED 720p 60Hz HDTV with Built-In WiFi, since my old console is going out
4 and the rest on my kids

I would use money towards the beginnings of a kitchen remodel. Although our house was built in the 70’s, through the years it has had a few cosmetic face lifts but still wears vinyl flooring and left and right hands are my version of wash me,dry me dishwasher. I should have bought stock years ago in the rubber glove manufacturing industry. The term “step saver” has become a no no! In the past, I have loved to use my home as a way of sharing food and fellowship with others. As frustrating as it is, I am going to continue try to focus on blessings and the joy that comes from “entertaining angels”.

IF I was lucky enough to win, I would buy SO many things. First, I’d buy new toilets, because I want to redo our bathrooms. Then I’d buy paint and tile, and also some fencing, grass, and plants for our backyard. And that’s just the start of my list! Thanks for such a wonderful giveaway!

I am SOOO jealous of your kitchen! You have truly been blessed. We are buying a house in the next month or two, and although new to us, it will be a “fixer upper” to be putting it mildly! So, if I won the Home Depot gift card, I would use it to make my kitchen the best it could be! Cabinets, floor, counters, appliances etc… Which ever is most important! Thank you for the opportunity to be included!

My father recently died and we will be putting on an addition so my mum can live with us and I would use every penny of the gift card to make my mum comfortable. Of course a kitchen and bathroom will be required so this would be a god send.

I need my bathroom updated, badly. I have mold on the ceiling from moisture, and I need new light fixtures, they are rusted and corroted from the moisture. And new flooring and new paint on the walls and ceiling from the mold.
Thank you for the chance to win

What a lovely reveal.
If I win the $1000.00 Home Depot gift card I will walk past the much needed cabinet hinges, the kitchen back splash/countertops then close my eyes thru the paint department and head straight to the Stiebel Eltron Tempra 24 Plus 24.0 kW Whole House Tankless Electric Water Heater!

Beautiful, beautiful! It’s so fresh and chic, yet homey. Love those floors!
I would use the Home Depot gift card to replace some BADLY needed doors on the bedrooms and closets(before they fall off!). Thanks for such a creative, inspirational website.

Wow, we are in the process of putting together the plans for our kitchen remodel. We need everything! I’ve already been to Home Depot a couple of times asking questions about the appliances and flooring. I could use the $1,000 prize for a number of wonderful things that will go into our kitchen right after Christmas.
Pick ME!

Nice. Looks like all the hard work finally paid off.
If I won, I would help my mother get more storage in her kitchen. She is always entertaining and having more storage for her kitchen gadgets would make the process smoother.
I think she could also use a large fridge.

your new kitchen is lovely, I know you had a blast getting all that done! I am happy for you! i think i would get new countertops from home depot, i have a lot of chipped tiles happening in my kitchen….i am ready for something different and new. thank you for thinking of us! xo

Gorgeous kitchen! There’s SO MUCH in my/my grandmother’s home that is outdated or falling apart that I’d be THRILLED to have $1,000 gift card to put towards it. Your blog makes me even more antsy to sort some of this stuff out. Unfortunately, the only job I can do right now is to be my gram’s caretaker, and that doesn’t garner me any income at all, so a remodel is out of the question. 🙁

Thanks for the details on your new kitchen!!! Congratulations!! If I were to win the Home Depot gift card, I would use it to re-do my backyard. We rescued a wonderful Golden Retriever a couple of year ago. We believe Nellie was a breeding dog and lived most of her life in a cage. She was afraid of everything when we got her….including her water bowl!! (We went through several before we found one she couldn’t see her reflection in….it scared her!!) She was also afraid of the outdoors and would cower and crawl (she’s 90 pounds so it was really reallly sad to see).
Anyway, we gave her free access to the backyard and now, we are left with half a lawn. So, we’d like to put in some pavers and fence off an area so it looks better (but, truthfully, so she doesn’t track in mud through the dog door onto the carpet…..we have a new grand daughter that is crawling so “no-no” on the dirty floors!!)
anyway, that’s what I’d spend the gift card on…. thanks for all the great ideas….Happy Holidays!!
Lori

If I were to win this, I would have the cabinets refaced. Of course it would be nice to have replace, but I don’t think the prize would come close to covering that!
Absolutely love your new kitchen. It is enough to give you a new lease on life!
Congratulations!!

I love all of the details you added. I love how you closed off the foot space under the cabinets, I hate cleaning under there. I would use the money to re-do my kitchen floors. We have tile that was not laid properly and have a number of cracks and loose grout. I have always wanted wood floors in my kitchen. Also, I went to college in Frederick – Hood (back when it was women only). I love the city of Frederick, particularly the downtown area and the old homes. Thanks for a great article.

Your new kitchen is BEAUTIFUL!!! I love how crisp and clean and airy it is.
Home Depot has rocked it for you! If I won, I’d get new kitchen floor and a hanging light to go over my kitchen table. If there was any more left, a new ceiling light.
Thanks for the chance.

Your kitchen is beautiful! Congratulations and enjoy.
If I won a Home Depot remodeling giveaway, I would definitely paint and trim my cabinets and add “fake” feet at the bottom to make them look like furniture. I would also find a way to move and hide my microwave somewhere and install a beautiful vent hood. I love the French country look, so I would also install a farmhouse sink and new backsplash in this style. My floors are great, but I need mor work space, so what’s a girl to do? Lastly, I would install storage solutions on the inside of my cabinets and drawers.

What a lovely kitchen! I would use the $ to build a pergola over our patio in the back yard to combat the brutal west Texas summer sun. Congratulations on a beautiful kitchen. May you enjoy it for years to come!

Thank you for sharing your remodel experience!! The kitchen is gorgeous!

With the gift card I would get the supplies to build a more secure run for my Chickens. The rest would go towards retiling my tub surround in the bathroom. The tiles are original (1965) and the grout is coming out. would love to refresh the bathroom.

OOOoooo la la! Gorgeous renovation! I love everything about it and who would think there would be such a big difference between the subway tile and the square tile! Lovely! If I were to win a Home Depot gift card I would replace the stove with the badly cracked cooktop (that we ‘inherited’ and can’t replace quite yet) and install a pretty backsplash! Thank you for sharing and all you do!

Love the farmhouse style, Karen! Excellent choices.
We recently moved in to our first home, and the kitchen hasn’t been updated in thirty years! Well, if you count gluing a cutting board to the formica countertop and sloppy peel-and-stick vinyl tiles, then I guess it has been updated.
I’d love to replace the cabinets, countertops and flooring with a fresh look from Home Depot. We’re interested in bamboo floors, since Home Depot carries lots of varieties and it stands up to dogs and kids. We’d also opt for a solid surface countertop, and cabinets much like you feature here.
Thanks for asking!

Your kitchen is gorgeous and very classic. I have the square white tiles and would love to switch to the subway tiles. I drool over French door refrigerators too. But what I really need is a new toilet and bathroom floor to update my 35 year old bathroom. Thanks so much.

I would redo my kitchen, original to the house and built in 1972! We’ve tweaked it just a little over the years but I would LOVE to make it new! The floor is horrible, pantry is a former laundry closet, oven is tiny, sink, too….. Old kitchen! Your layout is exactly our kitchen layout! Thank you!

I have no doubt in what I would purchase. Our ceilings are horrendous! I would put the money towards some beautiful faux tin ceiling tiles, that would make me a happy camper indeed! Thanks much for a chance at your awesome giveaway!!!

Your kitchen makeover is FABULOUS! If I were to suddenly be able to buy whatever I wanted at Home Depot I would reface my old 70’s kitchen cabinets and replace a few solid doors with glass inserts so I could see and appreciate my bits and pieces of Fiestaware. If there was anything left over I would put it towards plastic pink flamingos. My yard needs some color.

I would DEFINITELY want to put in as many cabinets as I could in my kitchen/breakfast room to store a lot of my crafting supplies. The extra countertops would make a great place for my craft “work stations”, since I paint and papercraft. (All the needlework, knitting and crocheting is stashed around the side of my reclining chair for easy access). The extra countertops would also give me space to try new crafts as well. Oooooooh! The Fantasy of it all! Thanks for the dream…

what a beautiful makeover–looks amazing!
gosh, our layout is similar & is the ugliest room in our home, (vinyl flooring from 1977= hideous!!) — if I had 1,000 at Home Depot I’d buy wood flooring or a new stove or dishwasher!!! thanks for the HD giveaway! 🙂

I would buy a dishwasher! Mine is about had. Then I would buy a stove. Use the rest (if any hehe) to work on projects around the house that we haven’t had the money to complete. One being a bedroom door for my bedroom!! 🙂

A dishwasher! Mine is about had. Then I would buy a stove. Use the rest (if any hehe) to work on projects around the house that we haven’t had the money to complete. One being a bedroom door for my bedroom!! 🙂

I just love everything you did in your kitchen. It honestly is exactly what I would do if I had the time, money, and energy to undertake a kitchen Reno. Although 4 weeks from start to finish is extremely impressive. If I won the gift card, I would replace mild countertops which are that nasty avocado green Formica which unfortunately does not look at all hip and retro. Especially since it wasn’t put in level and the water from our kitchen faucet pools in the corners. I am always shoving paper towels in the corners where my counters meet my walls to absorb all of the water that has gathered there after we’ve done the dishes. Classy!

I love your kitchen!! If I was able to purchase what I needed I would buy a new sink since there are several large chips in mine. A new faucet so the water would stop dripping. New pull out draws so the metal would quit falling below. Paint to make it a happy area to go to. A trim to go around the microwave to make the look finished on that side. And several other items to help my kitchen look loved. Everyone have a wonderful day.

Oh Karen! This is gorgeous! What a beautiful remodeling job I would love for my kitchen to look like this! I could incorporate some parts into mine, but unfortunately, it’s too small for it all, like that fabulous island! I just love a kitchen island! If I won, I would put the money towards replacing the microwave that I blew up with a spaghetti squash (oops!) That was five years ago and I couldn’t afford to replace it, but it finally gave up the ghost a few weeks ago. It was one that hung above the stove and included the exhaust fan. I may get a new one like that or just a counter top one so I can install one of those fabulous wood hoods like you have! I’ve always wanted one of those – they’re so pretty! I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks for the opportunity! Hugs, Leena

Your updated kitchen is stunningly beautiful. If I was able to purchase what I needed, it would be some sheer curtains, the hardware,and the rods to hang them in my living room. Living in an apartment with those distasteful vertical blinds in every room is agonizing. Lights put in the ceiling fans would be nice for an older person’s decreased eyesight. Perhaps some materials to have a screen made to hide the view from the living room into the kitchen would be nice. OK I’m dreaming, now it’s time to wake up. Seriously I love your updated kitchen. Thanks for sharing with us.

I would get new flooring. My dog and kids have destroyed it. I am going through a bitter divorce and any remodel is on the back burner of a stove that has turned off. The prior people also have carpet in the master bath. YUCK! I am not too good yet with home improvement but thanks to Hometalk and all the wonderful bloggers I am meeting, the ideas are starting to flow!

Your kitchen is truly dreamy.
Enjoy it in good health.
Happy kitchen magic.

I have a small Levitt cape from the 1940’s.
I’d put in another toilet and sink upstairs where the 2 bedrooms are.
Those middle of the night trips to the lone bathroom downstairs get harder the older one gets!

Lovely kitchen. So clean! The colors are wonderful with the white and the black. Inspiring for sure! My husband is a carpenter and I’m a regular home DIYer so between the two of us we shop alot at Home Depot. Home Depot treated us very well when we put a paver-patio together last summer and mis-estimated the number of pavers we needed (which we had bought on sale). The local Home Depot not only honored the sale price but also had the pavers delivered. We strongly support Home Depot in our home town. Thank you for offering this Giveaway! If I won, $1000 would go toward a stainless steel fridge for me. Good luck to us all.

My husband retires in a year and we need to remodel our bathroom. The $1000 would help with the costs involved. Love your kitchen…we remodeled our several years ago on our own. It turned out great too!

I would definitely want to incorporate all of these fine upgrades to my kitchen, but being that my appliances are getting old, I’m sure it will be time soon to replace my refrigerator or dishwasher in the near future. Otherwise, I would love to refinish my wood floors in my kitchen.

Your kitchen is so beautiful and fresh looking. I love the neutral wall color with the black and white contrasts, it is very visually interesting.

If I won the gift card, I would use the money to build a banquet for an eat in area in our kitchen and replace our worn out dishwasher. It is a bit of a joke actually that we even use it, as the dishes have to be washed before going in and sometimes after coming out. Probably faster to just wash them by hand and be done with it!

Oh my. If I could win $1000 from Home Depot I would definitely purchase a storage system for my garage so that I could, for the first time in 20 years of marriage, MAYBE be able to park my car in the garage.

Oh my, that’s a lovely new kitchen, Karen! I just love the clean white and black…very classic.
If I win the giveaway, I would replace the flooring in my kitchen and dining room with something pretty and easy to clean. Been wanting that for several years now, but it keeps being pushed down the “to do” list.

I love the new kitchen, it looks great! Thanks for the tip on Lyra Silestone instead of Carrera Marble. If I won the gift card, I would use it to get the plumbing needed to convert our claw foot tub to include a shower! Thanks and enjoy your new kitchen, it is beautiful!

Karen, you have my dream kitchen!!! I absolutely love it. O-M-G I would like to transport it right off the page to my own sorry excuse for a kitchen. What would I do with a $1,000 gift card from Home Depot? Are you kidding??? I would use it as a down payment on new cabinets for my kitchen.

This weekend one of our cabinet doors literally fell apart. I told my husband, “I see new kitchen cabinets in my future.”

I have some of Martha Stewart’s cabinetry in my studio and I love it. There is no question that everything is solidly built, well made, and really nice. I have the dark wood in my studio but like you, I have white in the kitchen, and like you, we need the cabinets replaced from top to bottom. Love the idea of your counter-tops. Thanks for sharing so many fabulous tips.

I would re-do my own kitchen! A couple years ago, we began a remodel and ran into some problems with the structure, so we took a step back to rethink the design and that’s about the time my hubby’s job changed and now we just don’t have the money to finish it, so a Home Depot gift card would be just perfect for us! Thanks for the chance to win!!

Your ktichen is Beautiful. Enjoy! If i won i would use the money for the counter top you used on your island, its gorgeous, or maybe a farm house sink, or maybe towards a hardwood floor, it would be a hard decision. By the way i love your blogs

Love your kitchen! What wonderful memories you will make in it.
I would spend my HD gift card on buying supplies for my daughter. She is a single mom of 2 and is living in an old house that should be condemned. She puts tarps on the holes in the roof, and duct tape on the window cracks, etc. and carries on with a great outlook on life!

If I was to win I would like a new frig or some new cabinets to put on a small section of wall. Fixing up a persons home bring so much joy and excitement for the entire family. Everyone benefits from it! Thank you so much.

Wow! That is just stunning, love the clean lines. I have a kitchen that needs a reno soooo bad–our house is a circa 1799 and it will be a challenge to keep the kitchen up to date yet still in keeping with the esthetics of 1799. What would I buy? I’d run to HD and grab a new fridge in stainless to match my oven:-) Fingers crossed!

I would remodel our ugly, outdated bathroom. Your kitchen looks stunning! I love the wood floors against the white cabinets. Those corbels are definitely beautiful. I may look into those when we redo our kitchen island. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

I would replace my mother’s 22 year old gas range with a new one. She loves using gas to cook, so I guess I would probably stay with that, as I have to agree that gas makes it easier to control heat when cooking…although I hear that the new electric stoves are leaps and bounds better than the old ones. Thanks for the wonderful chance at a give away.

Oh Karen! I’m so happy for you. It must be like a “pinch me” moment when you walk in your new, gorgeous kitchen. It’s gorgeous. I love all your choices and could say, they are all on my dream list as well. That could be my kitchen. I love the balance of the white, black, white. So classic. Subway tile. Perfection. Farm house sink. Adore! Enjoy your new space.

Karen, your kitchen looks FABULOUS. I can imagine that my kids would have peanut butter smeared all over that pretty white. SIGH……. Anyhow, if I had that $1,000 from Home Depot, I would put it towards a new WASHER or DRYER. I seriously want to redo my laundry and this money could help out! 🙂

I believe I would replace the island in my kitchen. It is not moveable as it has a stove top in it, and while I like the stovetop, the island faces the wrong way in the kitchen and makes working there very difficult. I would either like it to be turned or take the stovetop out and have a free standing stove. Your kitchen looks lovely, by the way…….

Love your makeover! I really enjoyed the before and after pics! If I were to get the gift card I would redo my boys bathroom and then give the rest to my neighbors to replace the front door on their house.Its getting to be winter and the door frame is rotted =).

The new kitchen looks amazing! I especially love the glass-front hutch and the granite counters. We’re house shopping in a few months, so there will be plenty to remodel or update I’m sure. If I won the giveaway, I would definitely focus on the kitchen because I love to cook. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Your kitchen is just gorgeous! Every detail is beautiful! I would use the money for our kitchen, we have to tear it down to the studs due to mold and insurance won’t cover, every little bit would help 🙂
XO
Kristin

I recently moved and my new place badly needs a complete overhaul. Your kitchen renovation looks exactly what I’ve been researching for two months now, from the crisp white and black color scheme to the beautiful Martha Stewart cabinets, the glass doors on several pieces, the silestone counter top that looks like marble, and especially the soft closing drawers. If I am fortunate enough to win, the money will go towards my complete kitchen reno. Thanks for the full description and photos.

Beautiful renovation! Thanks for the chance at a great giveaway. Oh boy, I’d probably go shopping with my husband and let him pick out anything he wants, and long as he promises to build me a stand for my front loading washer and dryer.

Karen,
I love your new kitchen! It is beautiful. Your website is my absolute favorite. I love all the great ideas and beautiful make-overs! If I were to receive a gift card from Home Depot I would use it to add a island in my kitchen. My current island is a wood box. The extra storage would be awesome!

thank you for the great pictures and details of your kitchen remodel. it’s almost exactly what i would do in a kitchen remodel – especially the subway tiles, glass cabinets and sink. Hmmmmm. . . what to do with a gift card ? Check out the oops paint section first to see if there were any fabulous deals on paint (i once got a fabulous Martha Stewart high-end gallon of the most beautiful teal for only $7 to re-do my dining room in) and then i’d put the rest towards a remodel of the kitchen, for sure. the previous owners of our home put tile on top of two other layers of linoleum and needless to say, it tilts. Yep – a kitchen remodel is high on the wish list. thanks for the opportunity !

We are installing cabinetry/shelves in our den and living room this winter… so I would definitely put it toward that project. Hooray! Your kitchen looks so awesome! I was sure that island was marble. Silestone is such a smart choice!

Love what you did in your kitchen.
Our bathroom is in DESPERATE need of a redo. I would love to walk in there and feel about it the same way you do about your kitchen. So that is the section I would RUN to if I had 1000.00 🙂

If I won this giveaway, I’d most definitely rip the wall down between our kitchen and family room and renovate the kitchen with an island. Just had a water leak in there as well last weekend where the ice maker water line had been slowly leaking and now all my hardwood floors are buckling…ugh!

I thought we answered this question when you first rolled out the redo!
That’s OK, I still take the new counter top and get rid of my old raised up self done 20+ years ago laminate being held in place by aluminum trim. Can you say NASTY!!
The cabinets need to go, very dried out pine veneers on 70’s cheapo cabinets and hardware on them that catches clothes. All of my kitchen work tees have holes at the hip line right and left from getting stuck on these things.
One part of my counter areas would be dropped a bit to knead bread dough.

Hi Karen…what a great giveaway! I’d buy a ton of roofing supplies…rainy season in Oregon. The remainder would be spent on a much-needed master bathroom upgrade and a new kitchen faucet! Your gifts of great images have given me great joy!

Hi! Your kitchen is beautiful! I really love how just a few details can make such a HUGE difference! If I won the Home Depot Gift Card I would make our master bathroom Pinterest worthy : ) We just bought a new house that has a horrid master bathroom…I wish I could show you pictures! With the $1000 I would buy a cabinet painting kit and paint the cabinets. I would replace the linoleum with tile and buy a can of paint for the walls. I would also buy new faucets for the sink, too. I would do my best to s..t…r…e…c..h the budget and use plenty of elbow grease ; )

It looks beautiful! Hmmmm there’s so many things I can use from home despot. I would probably end up buying insulation and dry wall for our renovation but would be very very tempted by an apron front sink.

Congratulations on your beautiful kitchen! WOW! I am SO jealous of your kitchen. (Even before your remodel.) Mine has peach walls and peach, white and gray sponge painted cabinets. (No, we didn’t disfigure the cabinets. They were that way when we moved here. (8 yrs ago) ) I think I would use the money to buy paint and maybe have someone help us paint. Our bathroom ceiling is alternate country blue and bright yellow tiles, too! Don’t know which one is the most atrocious, they are both really bad. We also have smooth white ceiling tiles on half of our living room ceiling and smooth tiles on the other half. It’s like they just ran out and used different ones…. We bought the house for the low price, acre of land and the big garage and not for the interior of the house, apparently. I have fibromyalgia and had a mini-stroke (TPI) so I am home on disability. I am really no help for major projects, so I can’t complain. My hubby knows engines and manufacturing, but not carpentry or painting.. (Tee hee!) By the way, I really appreciate your free graphics. With all this time on my hands, I love to make cards and do a little scrapbooking. Mostly I just LOVE looking at all of the pretty embellishments and artwork available for paper crafting. I am a sucker for pretty and shiny stuff. Have a great Thanksgiving!

Thank you so much karen to share your beautiful new kitchen with us. I love it for I love so much white. Its absolutely fabulous to see how with only some changes , without breaking all, you can get such a transformation. Home Depot did a very good job. I am french, living in France south of Lyon, and every day I come on your blog and every day i discover so many points of interest on it. Thanks for all, your are so generous.
Hugs!!!
Christine

First time on your site and I love it!! Your kitchen is almost identical to mine. mine is original from the 80’s, but everything need replaced. floor, cabinets, aqua counter tops, sink and all appliances!!! A $1000. gift card would be awesome to win! Thanks for the opportunity. Your kitchen looks wonderful!

Oh my gosh! I would totally love to buy an island like the one you have in your newly remodeled kitchen, as well as change some light fixtures out in my home and or maybe some new hardwood flooring for my livingroom!

Oh, beautiful kitchen! So much fun flipping through these images and daydreaming about gorgeous home renovations. If I won, I’d be replacing or installing new trim all over, but especially the bathrooms and living room; we bought our first home and it’s a bit of a fixer-upper, staring at walls without trim is driving me crazy :)!

Very nice redo, the subway tiles and new lighting features really make the room elegant. It took us three redos to make over our kitchen in Jersey and we ended up refacing cabinets with white. White seems bland when you think about it but just really makes a kitchen bright and happy.

My husband began renovating our home with new floors. We are on a slab so floating floors all through the house. We blended acacia wood with some very cool cork. Now he is inspired and remodeled our builders bathroom by framing in and building a center cabinet to change out the HUGE mirror. He also created a white bead board wall and ceiling above the built in shower unit, added crown molding all around the room and a nice soft blue/grey/green color to the walls. We now have a spa room.

We are now inspired to become DIYers and find we need lots of new tools, so if we win this contest we will be buying new table saws and routers so we can begin building our new table with inlays and adding wainscoting to our walls in the foyer..

My compliments on the kitchen. The lamp over the island is PERFECT and I love all the moldings. I am buying a house and it all needs to be redone. I would probably use the money towards a new kitchen counter-top, the old one has cracked tiles. Just found this website and I love it!

Since my kitchen is already done I need (badly need) landscaping and I would use the winnings to renovate my back yard. New brick mini walls, flowers, bushes, and rip out the old asphalt driveway and put in a drainage one – possibly just pea gravel – which entails firm borders so the pebbles stay put and the flower don’t get rocks with their dirt. It would have to be ecologically planned. My yard is so in need of repair.

Your kitchen really does look lovely. Mine is in the dream stage, there is so much it needs! If I won the gift card, I would use it to buy new counter tops, then we could refinish the existing cabinets and it would look much better (I need to do something about THAT WALLPAPER, too, but counter and cabinets first).
Thanks for sharing your progress, and the recommendations.
Cheers,
Kat

My 2nd bathroom has been out of commission for 6+ years, just don’t have the funds to make repairs. I’d love to have it working again, nothing worse than having to walk downstairs in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.

You have my kitchen! We are in the beginning process of planning a kitchen reno on not a huge budget. I chose the same MS cabinets you did! The floor as well as the subway tiles! We have a similar problem with the hood as well. I have been afraid to pull the trigger and go with Home Depot to do the work but it looks like you had a great experience…and you have sold me on getting going now! If i won the gift card it would go toward my Home Depot kitchen reno…i am so excited for you!
Cook up a lot of love in your new kitchen! Use it in good health!

If I won the gift card to Home Depot, I would buy new cabinets for my kitchen. We purchased all of our new appliances 3 years ago and as we were getting ready to “gut” the kitchen, my husband lost his job. We were devastated. It took 2 years to find a full-time job and another year to catch up on life. Our cabinets are falling apart and I have to store my cookware in various places (which is soooo inconvenient). I have a Pinterest board full of kitchen ideas and this gift card would help tremendously!!!

Your kitchen is absolutely beautiful! A true dream kitchen! I am very happy for you 🙂 If I were to win the contest, I would buy a fireplace media console to replace the gigantic ( and despised by my family) Wal-Mart entertainment center that is taking over a huge part of my apartment living room and something for my mom’s kitchen. ( No renovations on a rental , sadly, or it would mean a farmhouse sink)

Your kitchen is stunning and so clean I LOVE IT!!! Holy cow what an awesome giveaway, I’ve been in the middle of a kitchen reno for a while and can’t finish until I save up more $. If I won I’d get a new counter then I’d be pretty close to being done!!!

There are so many things I`d love to get at Home Depot ! My kitchen was made for tall people and I`m short ! I want to cut down the tall toe kick area, put on a nice countertop, and change the little desk area into a cupboard. Oh, and put in an induction stovetop, a new microwave and oven. Thanks for your inspiration!

Your kitchen is beautiful! If I were lucky enough to win I think I would probably purchase a new built in microwave with trim kit (those kits are surprisingly expensive). I would also love a new kitchen sink because mine has seen better days.

First and foremost, such a beautiful kitchen. If I won the $1000 gift card, I would first replace my oven which is on its last legs and is over 40 years old. Next, I would replace my dishwasher since the water doesn’t seem to want to drain.

Your kitchen setup is Just Like Mine! However, yours is much prettier! We just moved and the kitchen was a total “brown cave”. I’ve painted the cabinets, laminate countertops and tile trying to get rid of the 80’s look. It’s OK, but would really like to have the kitchen look like yours! Thanks for posting!! I love it!

Beautiful kitchen!
I would buy fence boards!There is not a lot of fence left between the construction site next door and my two huskies!I also need a few trees to landscape for privacy.When the arts and crafts house next door was torn down to build a huge 3 story box all the privacy in my garden was lost,along with a heritage garden, trees and the owl and copers hawk habitat.Time to bring back the green.

Beautiful kitchen, thanks for sharing and to Home Depot for showing how great a kitchen can be.
If I were to win I would buy a new range hood as mine was put in so low I hit my head on it when I try to look into a pot.

What a beautiful kitchen! It’s timeless really, this will always look great.
If I were to win the giveaway, I’d love a new gas range. I’ve been wanting for years to convert to gas from an electric range.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful photos.

I’d love new cabinets and new lighting. Your kitchen makeover is utterly gorgeous. The white cabinets with the dark hardwood is so yummy I just can’t get over it. You’ve got me all “in a remodel mood” now. Thanks for the opportunity to win the gift card Karen.

I love your new kitchen! It’s so clean and inviting looking. I wish I had an island to put that light you have over myself! No room though.

If I won the giveaway Home Depot gift card, I would put it toward a new stove or a new refrigerator.

The middle digit of the digital display on my stove went out, and the repairman said it’d be cheaper to just buy a whole new stove, so for now I just count my lucky stars that I can see the first and last digits with the knowledge it starts out on 350 when turned on. From there I push up, 355, up, 400, up 450, up 475. lol My fridge is starting to make some strange noises and has probably seen it’s last repair last summer. I’d love to have one of those fancy, schmancy new fridges that factored in organization freaks like myself!

Well….I would love to receive this Home Depot card. Over the past several months my husband and I have been working on a sewing studio for me. We are still in the process of completing it and this would give us the extra funds needed to add some items that I’d love to have but aren’t in our present budget. Good Luck to everyone and have a happy holiday season.

Thank you so much for sharing your renovation – It’s so pretty and practical and gives me hope that I can get my own kitchen updated so that I can actually use it! I’m just now having to move into a new place that is woefully dilapidated and in need of so much everywhere I look that it is a bit overwhelming. But what I would first love to tackle are the counter top and cabinets, as what is there right now are damaged, rotting leftovers. That is what I would put the money toward. To have the opportunity to actually do this would make my year and fulfill a very long-term wish I have had to start to create my dream kitchen. Thank you so much for presenting this opportunity to those of us who dream bigger than their bank accounts! 🙂

I would put the $1000 toward remodeling the master bedroom. You have my dream kitchen – glass door white cabinets, white appliances and hardwood floors. Also love the silestone on your island. I have granite and it requires a lot of care and upkeep.

You did an amazing job and I love the white cabinets! If I won, I would remodel our master bathroom. It still has the original yellow/gold tub that the first owners put in when they built the house. It is the ugliest tub ever but I have to confess that it has held amazingly well over the years!

We’re getting ready to start our kitchen renovation this month! We’re repainting the existing cabinets, but we could use the money toward new countertops! I’d love solid surface – but our budget only allows for new formica.

For starters, I’d make my kitchen look at LEAST as nice as your “old” kitchen!! ; )
We just bought our home a year and a half ago and were able to work our tails off doing almost all of the renovations (think 70s pine paneling and blue carpet). We didn’t have enough money to do anything major in the kitchen, so we’d love to replace the old, used-to-be-white laminate countertops with gray quartz. Also, the people before us upgraded to tile, albeit dingy off-white, but they didn’t install it correctly and it is broken in many places. HUGE job. Also, our fridge is possibly from the 70s! It might have made it to the 80s, I don’t know.

Your kitchen is awesome, and I love your fresh and simple decorations for Christmas. I agree-the clear glass on the cabinets is great! Congrats!

I would finally choose and purchase kitchen cabinets and counter tops for our kitchen. We have lived in a “de-constructed” kitchen in a 80 year old farmhouse for the past 15 years. Every time we have finally decided on cabinets and have the money set aside an emergency comes up delaying the kitchen remodel once more. Some of the emergencies have been: replacing all the kitchen appliances due to a lightening hit, college tuition- we knew this was coming, and a new roof. Love my home, just would love to see the kitchen done one day……

No question, I would definitely get a spanking new stackable washer/dryer combination. I have been without one for a long time and the Laundromat trips are getting very tiresome. When I think of my poor mother decades ago, washing cloth diapers by hand, it makes me cringe. How did they ever do it? Yes, a new stackable washer/dryer would be a dream come true!

BTW, I have loved your site and its ideas for a couple of years now. The first thing I made Was the NEST canvas. It has been nice the last year or so to see your face around blogland.

OK, so the kitchen…
Well, most bang for the buck in my builder grade kitchen is going to be buying wood trims to give a more custom look and then paint. I have it all pinned if you want to check out my board. I follow you on pinterest.

I didn’t know how I’d feel about all white cabinets, backsplash and countertops, but after seeing them against the wood floor – WOW! And I’d like to incorporate the glass-front cabinet idea when I (someday – sigh) renovate my own outdated kitchen. I love the crown and base mouldings, too – a very luxe look! Thanks for sharing!

We are currently in a rental property – but I’d actually love to start some little projects with my son – I’d use the $ for some tools (I want a cordless drill, sander, nail gun, and nice saw…) and a few plants for inside. 🙂

Beautiful, my kind of kitchen! We purchased our home four years ago and started our kitchen remodel, long story short we have my mother and mother in law living with us to watch over them and help them as they grow older. We did enough of the kitchen to make it look done but didn’t have the time to finish the floors and white subway tile back splash before they moved in. A gift card would finish that long over due project!.

Nice cabinets….. blagh. I think I read too much fantasy because I would probably spend half my budget in paint and wood to build a nice outdoor area suitable for use in California winter months. Some would go to piping to build a gas fire pit. Since I come from a construction background, I know how to extend my dollars life a bit more….

I love your kitchen, I really want to change mine. Not that is is ugly but I need a change. If I won I would probably at least do new counter tops. We have Corian and I truly hate it. Live and learn right?
Dido

I also love your kitchen… it is really beautiful, and the finishing touches add so much. If I won I think I’d buy a really nice grill for my husband… we grill with wood but it would be nice to be able to fire up a high end gas grill for a quick meal.

Wow, your kitchen is beautiful! I would for sure put the money towards my kitchen too! I still have the original 1979 Quazar Microwave, while a very nice testament to how well things used to be made, it takes for ever to heat anything up!!! So a new microwave and new faucet for sure!!!

I would go for new counters and installing the new stove waiting out in the garage. We haven’t done it because it’s a drop in, and we are just replacing a countertop cooktop. Then I would turn the non functional wall oven into a useful pantry. I could spread that $1,000 out pretty handily.

I LOVE your kitchen. I pinned it on pinterest because I want to save up and copy your kitchen in our new house which has its original kitchen from the 50’s, yuck!! I am dreading it, it is not functional at all. I have a three year old, a 20 month old and a baby on the way, we spend lots of time in the kitchen and I want it to be functional and a nice bright place. Our kitchen looks like the same set up so I wouldl be able to use your design. $1000 would go a long way 🙂

Beautiful kitchen! I love how different it looks even though you kept the colors close to the same. I would get new flooring for my living room, master bedroom and kitchen. I have the worst looking berber carpet that is falling apart and forest green linoleum in the kitchen.

What a beautiful renovation!!!
If I win the Home Depot gift card I would be so excited! It would give me the opportunity
to start a much needed renovation on my kitchen! I have been needing a little inspiration & (extra cash!) to get started on creating a new warm space in my kitchen so that my family can gather and enjoy spending time with each other! Not to mention cooking up some delicious food!
Thank you so much!!

I just love your kitchen!! I’m a big fan of white cabinets. As an owner of a 100 yr old home and an avid DIY’er, I’d opting to use their stock cabinets. I used them in my previous home and the remodel turned out beautiful. With this ole’ house though, it has to be white cabinets to give style and elegance back to the house for which it so deserves.

Thank you Debra! We actually sold that house just a few months after remodeling the kitchen. The new kitchen was what sold it! So, I can’t really give you an update I’m afraid. I was really pleased with how it turned out and I wouldn’t have changed a thing with the lay out. The kitchen that I have in my house is very nice, but that kitchen was my dream kitchen!

Your floors (and your entire kitchen) is gorgeous. I’m wondering if could let me know the color tone of your floor. It reads an auburn color on my computer. Is it more brown in person? I’m thinking about getting the saddle color floors so any insight you can provide is much appreciated.

Hi Tammy, we sold this house and moved about a year and a half ago. I think the color was pretty brown, but I would definitely look at samples first. You should be able to check out this flooring at Home Depot, they usually have samples that you can take home with you.

Hi Angie, I help out here at The Graphics Fairy. This renovation was done at Karen’s prior house so she is checking on the paint color for you. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible 🙂 Thanks for your patience!

Love your kitchen redo. I came across it while looking for wood range hoods. A few years ago, we DIYd our old kitchen. We are finally getting to replace our old stove and stove hood. I’d like one that looks like yours – did you have it custom made or is it also from Martha Stewart collection?

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